In 2013, the African country of Rwanda reported that only between 5 – 20% of its population had access to electricity. In response to this situation, the Rwandan government recently launched a goal to electrify […]
Benefit fraud, particularly by criminal gangs, costs the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in the United Kingdom almost £2.1 billion (~$2.6 billion US) in 2016 – a rise of £200 million in just one […]
South Dakota State University (SDSU) recently began construction of its Raven Precision Agriculture Center – a state-of-the-art facility devoted to the study of precision agriculture education, research, and extension. The center will strive to foster […]
Researchers led by Professor Kim Hee-Tak at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in South Korea have developed a lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery with a a doughnut-shaped active material structure that remains functional […]
Indonesia’s geophysics agency (BMKG) is facing criticism for lifting a tsunami warning 34 minutes after it was first issued following a major earthquake. The 7.5 magnitude quake and tsunami hit the hit the city of […]
A coalition of organizations – including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the International Committee of the Red Cross – is partnering with tech companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon in an effort […]
Renault plans to transition the French island of Belle-Île-en-Mer – which lies off the coast of southern Brittany – into a smart island. Working with its partners – the Belle-Île-en-Mer Community of Communes, Morbihan Energies, […]
The country of Colombia is currently using ten remote-controlled drones designed to track and destroy coca – the crop used in cocaine production. The drones, each weighing 23kg (51lb), carry payloads of glyphosate – a […]
Düsseldorf Airport – one of the most important German hubs in international air traffic – has teamed with Deutsche Telekom and its partner BS2 Sicherheitssysteme to develop a digital monitoring solution for bridges, tunnels, buildings, […]
Researchers at at Georgia Tech have begun their Smart Sea Level Sensor project in Chatham and Bryan Counties on the Georgia coastline. Previous sea level data has been gathered at the National Data Buoy Center […]
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